diff --git a/ct/monica.sh b/ct/monica.sh
index 871c95a93..35aa7c91e 100644
--- a/ct/monica.sh
+++ b/ct/monica.sh
@@ -27,18 +27,20 @@ function update_script() {
     msg_error "No ${APP} Installation Found!"
     exit
   fi
+
   RELEASE=$(curl -fsSL https://api.github.com/repos/monicahq/monica/releases/latest | grep "tag_name" | awk '{print substr($2, 3, length($2)-4) }')
-  if [[ ! -f /opt/${APP}_version.txt ]] || [[ "${RELEASE}" != "$(cat /opt/${APP}_version.txt)" ]]; then
+  if [[ ! -f ~/.monica ]] || [[ "${RELEASE}" != "$(cat ~/.monica)" ]]; then
     msg_info "Stopping Service"
     systemctl stop apache2
     msg_ok "Stopped Service"
 
-    msg_info "Updating ${APP} to v${RELEASE}"
-    cd /opt
+    msg_info "Creating backup"
     mv /opt/monica/ /opt/monica-backup
-    curl -fsSL "https://github.com/monicahq/monica/releases/download/v${RELEASE}/monica-v${RELEASE}.tar.bz2" -o $(basename "https://github.com/monicahq/monica/releases/download/v${RELEASE}/monica-v${RELEASE}.tar.bz2")
-    tar -xjf "monica-v${RELEASE}.tar.bz2"
-    mv "/opt/monica-v${RELEASE}" /opt/monica
+    msg_ok "Backup created"
+
+    fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "monica" "monicahq/monica" "prebuild" "latest" "/opt/monica" "monica-v*.tar.bz2"
+
+    msg_info "Configuring monica"    
     cd /opt/monica/
     cp -r /opt/monica-backup/.env /opt/monica
     cp -r /opt/monica-backup/storage/* /opt/monica/storage/
@@ -48,17 +50,16 @@ function update_script() {
     $STD php artisan monica:update --force
     chown -R www-data:www-data /opt/monica
     chmod -R 775 /opt/monica/storage
-    echo "${RELEASE}" >/opt/${APP}_version.txt
-    msg_ok "Updated $APP to v${RELEASE}"
+    msg_ok "Configured monica"
 
     msg_info "Starting Service"
     systemctl start apache2
     msg_ok "Started Service"
 
     msg_info "Cleaning up"
-    rm -r "/opt/monica-v${RELEASE}.tar.bz2"
     rm -r /opt/monica-backup
     msg_ok "Cleaned"
+
     msg_ok "Updated Successfully"
   else
     msg_ok "No update required. ${APP} is already at v${RELEASE}"
diff --git a/install/monica-install.sh b/install/monica-install.sh
index 1f9ab9154..41a00d5da 100644
--- a/install/monica-install.sh
+++ b/install/monica-install.sh
@@ -13,14 +13,8 @@ setting_up_container
 network_check
 update_os
 
-msg_info "Installing Dependencies"
-$STD apt-get install -y \
-  apache2 \
-  libapache2-mod-php \
-  php-{bcmath,curl,dom,gd,gmp,iconv,intl,json,mbstring,mysqli,opcache,pdo-mysql,redis,tokenizer,xml,zip} \
-  composer
-msg_ok "Installed Dependencies"
-
+PHP_VERSION="8.2" PHP_APACHE="YES" PHP_MODULE="dom,gmp,iconv,mysqli,pdo-mysql,redis,tokenizer" setup_php
+setup_composer
 setup_mariadb
 NODE_VERSION="20" NODE_MODULE="yarn@latest" setup_nodejs
 
@@ -39,12 +33,9 @@ $STD mariadb -u root -e "GRANT ALL ON $DB_NAME.* TO '$DB_USER'@'localhost'; FLUS
 } >>~/monica.creds
 msg_ok "Set up MariaDB"
 
-msg_info "Installing monica"
-RELEASE=$(curl -fsSL https://api.github.com/repos/monicahq/monica/releases/latest | grep "tag_name" | awk '{print substr($2, 3, length($2)-4) }')
-cd /opt
-curl -fsSL "https://github.com/monicahq/monica/releases/download/v${RELEASE}/monica-v${RELEASE}.tar.bz2" -o "monica-v${RELEASE}.tar.bz2"
-tar -xjf "monica-v${RELEASE}.tar.bz2"
-mv "/opt/monica-v${RELEASE}" /opt/monica
+fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "monica" "monicahq/monica" "prebuild" "latest" "/opt/monica" "monica-v*.tar.bz2"
+
+msg_info "Configuring monica"
 cd /opt/monica
 cp /opt/monica/.env.example /opt/monica/.env
 HASH_SALT=$(openssl rand -base64 32)
@@ -59,8 +50,7 @@ $STD php artisan key:generate
 $STD php artisan setup:production --email=admin@helper-scripts.com --password=helper-scripts.com --force
 chown -R www-data:www-data /opt/monica
 chmod -R 775 /opt/monica/storage
-echo "${RELEASE}" >/opt/${APPLICATION}_version.txt
-msg_ok "Installed monica"
+msg_ok "Configured monica"
 
 msg_info "Creating Service"
 cat <<EOF >/etc/apache2/sites-available/monica.conf
@@ -87,7 +77,6 @@ motd_ssh
 customize
 
 msg_info "Cleaning up"
-rm -rf "/opt/monica-v${RELEASE}.tar.bz2"
 $STD apt-get -y autoremove
 $STD apt-get -y autoclean
 msg_ok "Cleaned"